The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee doesn’t see Governor Bobby Jindal vetoing the film tax credit legislation that caps the amount of credits redeemed to 180-million dollars a year. Lafayette Representative Joel Robideaux says if the governor vetoes the bill, it will lead to a 70-million dollar cut to higher education and health care

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Film industry officials believe the legislation is unconstitutional.

The Gulf of Mexico’s first tropical system of the season is expected to bring periods of heavy rain to western parts of Louisiana and possibly present more flooding concerns along the Red River. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Tropical Storm Bill is expected to make landfall today in Texas hitting Louisiana with even more rain for the western part of the state.

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Keim says some areas of Louisiana could get several inches of rain.

The LSU baseball team will look to avoid elimination today in the College World Series when they face Cal State Fullerton at 2pm. The Tigers are coming off a disastrous performance Sunday when they committed four errors in a 10-3 loss to TCU. Freshman pitcher Alex Lange will start on the mound today and he says he doesn’t have any surprises up his sleeve…

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LSU is 10-0 in games following a loss this season and they have outscored opponents in those games 96-32. Today’s game will be televised by ESPN2.